Canadians can choose ‘X’ as gender on new passports

The federal government is moving toward allowing individuals to express their gender as they choose; those who do not identify as female or male can use the designator ‘X’, rather than ‘M’ or ‘F’ until documents with an ‘X’ option can be printed.

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says his department will be the first to introduce this measure; the plan is to eventually make all government-issued documents gender neutral.